Travellers advised not to buy

FINANCIAL experts were last night advising people travelling to Turkey, not to attempt to buy Turkish lire until the exchange rate settles down.

The pound was worth around 1.43m lire last night, based on closing foreign exchange rates in London.

However, with the Turkish currency remaining volatile in trading in New York last night, National Westminster Bank said that given the uncertainty it was impractical to quote a tourist rate and advised customers looking to buy Turkish lire to contact their nearest branch for current rates of exchange.